The Sun (New York) Newspaper, February 9, 1871, Page 2

The It Shines for AIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1671 Amusements Tosaay, Arolte tM Conry's Im iands Heoth's e— Kicheliew, between {1b and 10D ave venue Theatre—Sarators. nth Street Theatre—King I and Oper Lina Kaw Niblo's Garden New York Clr tre Hunted Dowm The Black Crooks 400 sts, opps Academy of Must Olymple Thegtremtior-'ta, tthe Teewiehurg wal Tacs: hange weiseo MI niny estes, Ate Oper to Viator Wood's Musenm Met Harts Marines. Terms of The Sui The Heroic Enginecr. Davin Simmons was the engineer of the Pacific express train. Ie was @ true man. For twenty ycars he held a placo on an en gine, Years ago, while dashing past Yonkers, Stimoxs called tho attention of his fireman to o train which was eweeping down upon them like the wind A colli The fright ened fireman shouted, “Good-bye, Doc; I'm syoing to jump,” aid sprang from the loco. motive, Sisimons stood with his hand upon the throttle of his engine like a man of iron. In the face of startling peril he remembered his duty, and stood at his post. A collision was averted, aad the heroic engincer saved the lives of a hundred men. On Monday night Davip Simmons was driving his engine toward Albany at th rate of forty miles an hour. Near New Hamburgh a red light was swang out as from an approaching train, Tho engineer raw it. It was the signal of danger. Davip Supi0xs whistled down the brakes in the vain hope of stopping the express in time, His fireman again took the slarm, and shouted to SIMMONS to leap for life. Tho noble Siustons calmly answered, “I won't; I'll stay with my en gine.” Again he stood like a man of iron 4} his post. The fireman sprang and saved his life. The engineer saw a train on the bridge. He realized that his only hope of safety was to dash through the obstruction. He whistled off the brakes, and crowded on ll of his steam, ‘This was the work of an instant. Simons peered into the darkness, ehading his eyes with his hand, and was dashed into the jaws of death, Daviv Simons was a hero. His fate is ead; but his noble behavior is the only hight page in the dark history of the awful accident at New Hamburyh. ——— Apartment Houses. That same pressure of peeuniar which, for many years pas on seemed inevitable. necessity as driven th poorin our large citics to huddle together §o the abominations called tenement houses, lg at last beginning to make itself felt ® clasg who have resist i The tener 180 to speak, been elevated and gle new Parisian apartment how vonsiderable number erected both here and in Boston, hiring a wl front door have be No dwelling, with its sid nd ba rd, and its ri pne upon another from bas incat to att the economically disp 1 frequenter of the Pifth avenue and its neighborhood imitat aristo. bie humbler fellow-citizens of le tyatic regions in lookiag out for a single Apor, or part of afl » huge build lng, where he may obtain barely enough room to accommodate himselfand his family with parlor, dining room, kitchen, sleep: Ing rooms—and no more, Ae he thus pre: serves his t with the inhabitants of houses worth $3,000 to $5,000 a year by the penditure of half the money, his pride is wasisfied, while Lis pur of sox # saved, not only by the difference in rent, but by the dimin ‘shed cost of furniture and incidental ex penaes. It is more than probable, therefore, that the fashion will spread, and that, in uddition to the othor Parisian customs which dave been imported xamong us go success. ully, that of living in these apartment aonses will thrive and flourish. which prevails in everything else, also pr rails in this, and cann d fr asserting itself. By n r contri length of ry a the 6 mordlitic 8a W « r The d n heir being a ) all respects at hal nthe very nature of things. They suiren. der, in the first 7 that sense of priv and 1 mv iT dear to th Pheir fam ly a Are not 80 wel uded rom prying eyes 7 comm Phey ure no long jame a yw shem y. But than all Heat tisal example, t hout ready access to t et and bac play tag or Lall, to moke mud-pies, and dig in the dirt? If le devires toh rabbits, or ch mal? oxy kens, or perform those which hay vuch fascinations for the boyish imagination a huge pile of brick tho sky and covering every inch of vacant Fpace, shuts him off from the opportunity of-doing it, Girls suffer less, but they arc already too much housed up and kept from breathing the fresh air; and what will be come of them when long stairways or slow movingy elevators have 4o be passed before! they emerge and mortar, towering to from phe er, Heaven ouly knows. The apartment house iss prison, where they may pine away and die; like birds in @ cage. Domestic servants, too, seem to have been entirely left out of account in estimating the advantages of the new eystem ¢ keeping. Indecd, in one of the pioneer Parisian houses erected in this city a year or two ago, it is, we are told, exceedingly diffi cult to get servants to remain, owing to the miserable provided — for A box of a bedroom, and a kitchen barely Lig enough for the turn ruse: accommodations them cook to around in, afford no opportanity for the exerciso of those social instincts, which, as it may surprise somo ¢ our wealthy aristocrats, are as strong, if not sgonger, in the honost, warm-hearted men and women who wait upon them and do their housework as in themselves, P, nick and Jomn and Bippy and Susan like to receive and pay visita as much as every- body else ; and, in this free country, they will not consent to be deprived of the pri lege. They want somo kind of a sitting- room free from the spying of masters and mistresses, and will not go where it is deniod them, But as the very end of living in apartments is to cut down the space occu. pied to the narrowest possible limit, it can hardly be expected that so serious an addi tion to the area required should be made, and thus continual trouble is inevitable. The true remedy for high rents and house- hold discomfort is the spreading out, not the concentration of our population, Give us geome kind of steam railroads which shall run night and day, Sundays not excepted, car- tying the people employed in the city back and forth from the wide expanse of country that surrounds us; let every family havo its cottage and its garden spot, with plenty of air, sunligat, and fresh water; and there need be no anxiety about the accommodation of ten times the number of people we have now to take care of, But to accomplish this ob ject, the selfish capitalists and speculators who now stand in the way of steam transit must be pushed aside or run over, and the interests of the masses made paramount to theirs, nial ne Mr. Hoar’s National Education Bill, Mr. Hoan of Massachusetts is trying very to push through Congress his foolish scheme for supplying the whole United States with national school-houses, national school masters, and national school-books, There is no chance of his succeeding, and he ought not to be allowed to waste any more precious time in debate. Nobody but a Massachusetts man would have entertained such an ab- surdity for a moment The scheme contemplates, first of all, the raising of $50,000,000, by direct tax imposed on thy several States according to population. Then the President is to appoint a host officials to disburse the money, There are to be 37 State superintendents at $3,000 a year each ; 241 division inspectors at $2,000 @ year each ; 14,400 local superintendents at $3 per day ; and not less than 28,800 teach- ere at whatever salaries it may be necessary to pay them. This would make in all 43,478 officers, whose annual salaries would not be far from $25,000,000, leaving 000,000 more to be expended for school-1 books, and other expenses, It is, indeed, provided in the bill that States which, in the sex, school opinion of the Pr dent, provide reesonable instruction for the If we had a Pr d honesty, this ident m its operation, mon sense sav would be worth something Bu M jarantee that President Gran nis Lil becomes a law, will n educational syetem of this F instance, defective, and proceed to t sume of the 43,478 officials whom Mr Hoan would give him the authority of ere ating at work, and take the whole matter out of our hand J dly Mr. Hoa's purpose is with the Northern an Eastern States, Messachusetts, for exanple, we are eure, he thinks las no need of Con gressional help to perfect its public schools What he is ufter is forcing upon the South ern States the adoption of his Maesachusetts ideas ; but in his zeal to attain this ol ject he would put into the bands of the Execut! anengine of almost un patronage and perh mited power and under which his own §! would, ate could, Le ground to powder. Nobody denies that it would be a good thing for the late slave States to 1 for the who have been invested with political power ; but they must be lett ide education freedmen to do it in their own way, ond in their own good time. The growing tendency of ¢ States needs to be checked, not stimulated and 89 monstr an exer of power Mr. Hoan proposes « to be frowned land, beyond all ¢ is Cuan Esprnny, PROS. CHaries has 1 ly entitled “AT i I l to Ar € L and avoid disputes bet ont t Ihe plan proposed hy I ny t } r»¢ t under or Y 1 All that nee ry to nee ypl 1 u t of th 1a Brit if 4 ple of the tv a | a whole t g can be done in tri America is a larger country than England and haa more 1 ation, the great republic is in due swallow up th monarchy, and then become a grand mon archy itself The way this metamorphosls t is to be ac complished is foreshadowed by ENDERBY in “A President,” he suys, allowance of £14,000 per annum but if th appointment slould fall on any one possess: ing vast wealth, itis probable that this allow ance would be refused, in which caso he might be elected for life, and be in all re this wise: las an Bpeets asa sovereign.” ‘The royal family of England could be managed by giving them lots of old and silver from our mines; and our rich and avaricious leaders could be curbed by making dikes and earls of them. “The besetting str of the world,” says that of persons secking to ob- tain wealth, to raise themselves above the situation in which it has pleased Providence to place them. ‘This is particularly observa- ble as well in England as in America.” To correct this fundamental evil, Mr, EXNDERBY would employ the peerage on the successful portion of mankind, “A pe ho says, “Jooks with a certain degrce of compassion, pity, or contempt on such as have to seck ith.” Therefore, the way to make aman stop secking wealth is to make a peer of lim, To exemplify this, Mr, ExNpEnby sub- mits the following practical illustration : “It Mr A. T. Srawann, of Now York (who ts repated to be worth £1,100,000 per annum), were created Duke of Museachusetts, would he not retire from trade, and suffer others who needed it to dl vide his business, and carry it on? Would he like to #00 lis nuine ts *Doke of Massachusetts, Mar- quis of Boston, Lord Stewart & Company,’ over the door, as drygoodsmen? Is it not likely he would desire to have bis sons well educated, and eucour- aged to trave), and thus (heir intodo? It by nO means follows that a p ‘who may be created & peer should possess wnpertor talent. All we havo A right t expect of lim would bo, (that of boing above temptation nnd perfectly independent, in Which case we might have honest legislation, which at present 1s questionable, and almost impossible,” This is such amusing nonsenee that it ought not to be lost to the world. ————— Secretary BouTWELL announces that on the 6th of March next he will begin making an attempt to fund the debt of the United States at areduced rate of intorest, As this is the great achievement for which he has been working since he took office, and to accomplish which he has beon the steady advocate of maintaining the most oppressive and grinding taxation of the people, his desire to hold his office until he sball have had the chance of reaping the fruits of bis policy is but natural, His scheme is to ex- the outstanding six per cent. bonds of the United States for bouds, $500,000,000 bear ing interest at four per cent. per anuum, having thirty years to run ; €900,000,000 four aud a half per ce ving fifteen years to ran; and $600,- 000,000 five per cent, having ten years to ran, He thinks that such an exchange will be readily if not eagerly accepted by the public creditors, but wo fi aken. Perhaps the national Danks will avail themecives of bis offer through fear of being compelled to take worse terms as a condition of retaining their circulation, and by rivate capitalists, who prefer 9 low rate of interest with a certainty of its continuanee, to a higher one with the liability of having their mouey returned on their hands at a time when they cannot profitably lend it out again, Itis so plainly for the advantage of the country to have the exchange made, that we wirh Mr. Bourwens success, much as we differ fiom bim as to views of financial policy in other respects, setae Meiniiaheaslicaae ‘ Senator WiLson proposes to establish a national standard for determining the quality aud character of the materials used in the con- struction of all vessels intended for ocean ser- vice, and rate such vessels according to their merits, He has introduced into the Senate a bill for this purpose, which provides for the appoint ment by the President of a commission of five members possessed of the requisite scientific and practical skill, who are to examine and certify the rating of all registered vessels, the owners of which shall require this service at their hands. As an inducement to comply with the act, a de. duction of five per cent. is to be allowed from the duties on all goods imported on vessels inspected and found to have the national standard rating provided for. we rhe is mi some ——e On the 20th ult., for the first time in ite history, the reading-room of the Young Men's Mercantile Library A. ciation in Cincinnati was kept open on a Sunday, from 1 to 6 o'clock P. M The result was that about two hundred young » passed a part of the afternoon there readin papers aud periodicals, and among these r Z r 1 f ever rt is mal to » the reading pposing the new regulation adopted by the Li brary Association, it is p ed to establish But though you take a horse to the water, you cannot make him drink; and eve if the young nefit could be 1s, they could not be induced to take ai st in the class of reading provided for them there, Not many young men who have been hard at work all the i will SDWARDS on that topic for recreation, ‘The matter is 4 very simple one, In all large cities there are thou- sands of young men who will not read religious work) on Sunday or apy other day, but who must find some way of passing their leisure time. To these young men n whom they are designed to t ed to enter these reading-r of their own free will read the most vicious tempta. tions are offered on every side, The question is, would the cause of religion and morality be the best served by having such resorts for this class as the Mercantile Library and other reading don Sunday? One would » there could be two opinions on capable of taking an un 1 view of the subject. recent horrible slaughter rooms open or cl scarcely supp: the matter at ong th In view of the n the liudson River Railroad, a variety of enact ments for the prevention of railway accidents re suggested, No law n be effectual for this object as which, while it leaves individ val Hi rs rex ng legal remedies shally te for the » 1 of a wwiary p for lonts, in ' r h nal w L all full so swiltly and surely 1 corporations, that it will stimulat th nugers to employ all known means, and A case of sing ater ntly been on trial in an Obio cou t was i by a father-in-law against a son-in-law I t. The f slaw alleged that 0 wrot him that ve would come i i old man sh Mt Wid) ve a how ne thom, After un th 1 the new made } 1 J to fultil ract as to t : ; but it doe y before the Court whether the plain defendant h of a sp contract and Judge decided that he would not Thus \ 1 i tiled that a Vinelaw is not legally bound to support bis father-in-law ; but this does not prove that a man should not provide for his brother-in-law's t he happens to be President, —— The Postmaster-General appears to be un A cousing if fortunate in exciting suspicions in regard to the purity of his oflieiwt aetvon, the Wash WELL gay A correspondent of gion Fuériot alleges that Mr. Cres« to a bidder from bis own State a eon. tract to convey mails to Galveston once @ forte night for $84,000, while @ competitor from New Yorkoffered to perform the ame service-twica b for #12 000 loam THE END OF BEN. BUTLER, —— PARTIAL EXPOSURE OF THR ME- PHISTOPHELES OF THB HOUSB. ——— Gen. Negley’s Premium on Perjury—Gen. Slocum Indjgnantiy Snubbing Gen. But- ler—Firnt Chapter in the Secret History of the Treasury Department. Correspondence of Ie Sum Wasmoron, Jan. 7.—The Butler-Asylum in- vestigation will end in a fow days’ me \d the Committee will make ® report, with the accompa- hying testimony, Gen, Negloy of Pennsylvania, who is Chairman of the Sub-Committeo, will no doubt endeavor to whitewash Gen. Butler, as le thinks it will do the Republican party much harm to make a truthful report of facts #8 thoy exist. To took one of tho witnesses to task a few days ago for biving his testimony against Butler, saying, “It is a fight between Farnsworth and Butler, and only hurts the party, and you should not have testified as you did; to which tho witness replied, “ Why, Gen. Negley, what do you mean? Did you not yourself SWoar me to tell the truth? What do you take me for? Negley taw bis mistake, and vanished on sudden basiness in the House, This is a positive fact. Negley refused to sign the certificate of this wit- ness for mileage and per diem, which the elerk of the Committee had made out for him, amounting to $82 (this clerk, by the way, Is a Mr, Smalley, who is the correspondent of the Fualse-Reporting Tribune), and after a consultation with Butler, gave a certif cato for only $27.20, which did not pay the witness for the actual outlay for railroad fare; and which certificate he accepted under protest, and when pre- sented by bim for payment to Mr, McPherson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, was refused pay ment, because “GEN, BUTLER MAD ORDERED these witnesses not to be paid, as he wanted to have the matter come up in the House, and had tomething to say in reference thereto.’ This wa enough to stop payment, as * Butler” a8 the House. The testimony taken was rather severe on the doughty General; and as the same clerk of the Committee, Mr. Smalley, had falsely reported some statements to his Fale-Jeporting 7, ibune, Gen, But- ler asked that in future the proceedings of the Com mittee be secret, which was so ordered; jo fact, the whole of the action of this Committee is taken by the suggestions of Batler, Any and all the objections made by him are susteined by Negley, Gen. Slocum fitting quietly by, saying nothing, Only once Vas be interfered, and toat was when “ Butler,” in his impudent aud overbearing manner, endeavored to get a witness to swe Of two words with lead pencil om a b Paper, and which paper be would not a! Witness to see, but kept passing it rupidly by bis eyes, retnsing hiv: permission to take the paper and examine ik BUTLER'S MEPHISTOPHELEAN MANAGEMENT, hw really a laughable tight to see the deter- mination of the witness not to answer, the capers nod the table, the leering, pleased, cuaning smile of Baler, as though he felt he had everything his own way, until the clear voice of Gen, Slocum ce with the souad, practical, amd de termined decision, “That payer is no evid When the time comes that Gen, Butter shall of ae evidence, it must be ruled out.” Butler came near fainting, Meantime, Gen. Farnsworth, who is prosecuting, cot hold the paper, and handed it to the witness and told bi to examine the paper aud answer whether or no it was bis writing, (This paper wasbelfa sheet of note paper, on one side of Which were two extracts (rom Pomeroy's Democrat, fear(ully truthful and abusive of Butler; om the other were written two words, The commence: in pencil and much blurred by use, which Butler desired denied. ‘The witness held the paper in his hands, examined the writing, and said, “1 do not think this is my writing—it is biurred 60 much that I am uot positive ; but if Gen, Butler's point 18 to know who sent it, if be will allow me to look at the front of itt will tell Lim whether I sent it or not, as 1 AM NOT AFRAID OF MDX or any one else, except God.” After reading the notices he smiled, aud handing it back to Butler with a quick movement that him jamp, the s replied, * Ye I sent that to you!’ Thi created an excitement among the Committee ; they F positively to the writing f sleet o ow the broke the sile rit saw they had a man to deal with, and one of the Committee asked, * What was your object in eend ing this to Gen rt? ‘To which witness very art he General's request 1 though I wou to help til UMPED OUT OF 118 CHAIR, " tthe ¢ ' * ' Wis Pio FAH a erty rau ground to the Clerk ofice him and stopped his pay Woat latiinde has a Congressman. to insult by irrelevant questions Y personal ques tions a poor sinning witness ? Has a withess any rizbts at all in ® Covgressonsl investigation t These questions are asked in view of ® poin by this witoces, He wus intormed by a etlers ¢ What Batier bad takea spondence, and had » to the members outsi'e oF tr room, the purpove Of injuring the tesuinony of witne On the examination of the «ities produced the whole of the corr pon in view of . d the luets, and BeTien’s demanded tant t 4,40 which E piaty rrespondence should be y quicaly object saainst.” This witness in one of th Uauentionsbie eri pondenee es upon Butler an Initted winle le was sential aide imp sto Butler, and which would ruin btm socially (2) shotid the letters bave been read openly in that couumittec room, as the Witness desired wad demanded, I promised # copy of tuis correspordeuce for publica tiow in Tue SUN, uni Lean desure you ith expeet toget it in alow days When the point was decided a fs st the fwitness he again made the port and uemanded [tas lis right, but was ruled oui; when Gen, P¥nsworth took the letters and @ would hove Cuemn read, if at any Lime Gen, Hutler stiould abbempt to of any letters, and the Commitee decide to adit is Jelters ; id in bis hands they now are his Case tay end in & woltewash for Butl t HIS DAY 18 GONE. t v row 4 . He hi fluences; wiv Would have dope hius kindhess, w Wit dings the Pr persecution I him now look tot nr Lwallinat "i tion af f Depar " The Senate y R i 0 ve Sai A i a) The busiy nino & Davieon Brown, aa ng NeW ‘ bus b city and country proper ¢ in vol Le " sh not * Brown Brow,” vid fair to become in theiy Tin mst a8 Vrawk ¢ Brown, F on noted, Mr Brown ts a son of Lewis B. 1 Both gentlemen have had large experience in city and country property, and the firm, though a young one, hay already taken front yank in the businoss, —— Mr, James Parton will deliver his lecture on * One Hundred Years Ago” at Association Lall this evening. Horace Grecley says it 18 as ood us Wine a hundred yeurs old or deep ploughing. Go and: hear it, the banker —— ‘The Cryplogram, by Vrofessor Do Mille (ar per'sy, sn Gove fon all loversot the etrtuliveewa mee, Neriour. rot, De Mille is a great master of the art of Interesiing prot and sitnarfons He Welcoge to ah oo Of which Wilkie Ovlline 4@the niamer; but he nae lose yet ied and bed. we eee jon. Leow be Cryplogram” wii net is COWn Uae Si'ivts fiishegs. ij THE WILLIAMSBURON TERROR. mma eaere The Story of the First Ateneko-Gott in Him- mel, bo must be der Toufel-stab' Old Woman on her Wayite Mase—Where fe the Count Joannes? That the arrest of the Williamsburgh fiend has not yet Leen effected cannot bo attributed to the want of vigilance on the part of the police or the citizens of the Disirict. This fact is beyond dispute, The other day, passing along Ewen etreet and Mon trose avenue, the locality where the first woman was stavbed, a couple of storekeepers were conversing avout the affair, the only topic of conversation which now interests all classes of Brooklyn “TL vood gif Ofty dollar to seo him mit der pollc man right away yet, Gott in kimmel, snust to dink der feller must be der teafel.”” “My frow, said the other, “enw dat feller who stabbed Mrs, Kuhn." asked for particulars, his daughter Minnie was called, who said her mother that morning was Jato going to the 6 o'ciock mass in St, Nicholas Church, Montrose avenue, It was in the latter part vory dark morning, As she crossed nuo there Was a young man st 1g store, He appeared to be uboat but stout. He wo atthe d of age, not very tall coat of dark gray cloth, and pants of the sai r }, and a round-top felt hat, This description 8 with that given by all the victims, As she od him, he approselved and aid : * You think I don't know where yon're a going. 1 know better than yourself. Don't think that I'm ® poor devil and that I'm ‘damned because L ain't going to church, for I'm not; I'm as good as uny One in the churcli,”* He spoke with a slight Ger tinued Minule) when mother was goiog Into chur. h he ran by varelended and shouting, Mra. Kuin told mother afterward that sto nad been stubved, but did not wish to say anything to her family de the thought it wus someoody who had spite against ber husband aud took this way of re- Yenging himscff. Mimle then related tho story of the assauit on Miss Fischer, and the fact of Capt, Mullen detailing fbecial_men to watch the neighvorhood, Tt wos enoposed at the time that some person took this meuns of stopping the ringing of tho bells which ot 6 o'e'ock tolled the Angelus aud summoned the feithfal to their devotions, “No doabt be thong.dt,"" said the Captain, "that If he conkd pre- Vent te peoole from uttending early church the beils would couse their clatter, and his sleep would not be interrupted.” ‘The presence of the police frightened bia, and for months nothing was heard of him, The people forgot the affair, until they were startied by his attack ow Miss Heintiche In) MeKib: hen as she was returning from her work quickly followed by the other attacks hinutely reported ory that a yotary of tt Tink SUN, destroyed od of sleep was dd by the eanking bells, and gave way (0 Was iooee, tissu ters, and children, It'is asked, Why does the Count Joannes remain wetful or Williamsburg? Has he not heard that a mouster is abroud, W..0 defes the Vigilance of the povico and the efforts of thy citizens to elfcct his capture F —— BARDARILY AY FORT PEMBINA, -_- Monstrous Punishment of Deserters- Brit ish Soil Invaded—Will Gen, Sherman such ment t dence of The Sun. a, D. T., Jan, 11, 1871.—About six montha ago, the two compa Companies I and K, of th received about eighty recruits from Carlisle Bar. racks, These were treated 60 badly by their drunken officers that many of them fled und went to Winnipeg, where they went to work wood at five British shillings per day Five or six of these were captured by an armed body of United States soldicrs, crossed the British liaes and took them prisoners, thirty miles on the other side, aud brougiit them back. After arriving at Fort Pembina, they shackled with wrought iron, half an inch tick, with a chain connecting eleven inches Jong, (0 Whieh is attached @ log chain 40 links long, Weighing about twenty poands. This is attached to an oak jog of wood tlireo feat im length, weighing forty pounda, which the poor convicts have.to carry at all times. After retreat they go their coll, and the log c iain is locked to an iron bar two inches thick They are alowed three feet to craw) to the stove. waich is kept just warm enough to keep them from feezing. At reveille they get breakfast, which co sists of one pint of coffee, about three ounces pork, and hard tack—not enough to suppe nature. Alter breakfast each individual ts prese ed with au axe to chop we 1 day, exposed to the temperature of the weathe t this season of jes stationed here— ‘Twentieth Insantry— were the year is extremely severe, ‘The thermometer here vaties from twenty-five to thirty deerees below zero, ‘There is no eacepion ou Suaday, not even Three of these’ prisoners have beon sentenced to three years’ hard labor in charve of a guard, ut the expiration of which to be « rably discharged ubdress bid is allowed, nor any acconmodavion t wnown in Washington, To stop « Vat m ow, but I was in Cor FORCED LO CONVICT HIMSELP, Cats Chatkerts Arcus to Induce were Europa to Criminac Frustrated by Commissioner Audrew Wiight, the purser, and I the tiorckeoper of the steamer Euroua, were rulgned yesterday before Commissioner Sicids charge of smuggling a large quantity of silks to roperty was found in the poxsession uc Duncan by Chief Fowler and a patrolman of 6 Jersey City Police, snd Duncan told the officers that die had received the goods from Wright, Capt Cholker, the Treasury Agent, subsequently arresed the purser, who say! that the lane dry g662s house of Thomas Wiison & Co. of Church: street, had purchased and imported the silks. ‘The Tre Bury Agent at once took possession of Wilson's store, und Custom House officers are iu cbaree of it Vhe stoe's in the store is Valued at $40,000, and thc Government officers clwim that Kean oe forfeited px-Judze NM Hon, Josepis Bout appeared the defendants, Capt, Chaikse test fed that the purser haa made « Ex-d Did you bold out an Ize Stuart checked the Witne inducement to make a statement Cap. Chal 1 told © upt to be more r—1 vid not. Ex.tndee Stnart—T Now Limove your Hon Mr. Purdy ‘arc the surike out @, aud held » things He we n uthorities on the ¢ Feenleat on Kyidewee Digest” were then ope Hout consulting tt xelnding confessions wich bisd been obtained by peo JUCeIMEMIs, OF Lireats Was alulost tov Mr. i Why, your Honor, the Courts have heid Us you may entrap a man by trick and device on M statement; May,cIMOFe, the Courts hay held 3 a Mun inioxiculed to ob: Mr. biel Lt dou't so understan erule, Mr Bal y cited numer sist Wrights statement snonid be striexen ont y COR y induce ‘ t toenabie Mr. Purdy “ bron © Brenking Iiek eaking of ah Grand f the sad occurrence r te Llestiwony taken befor On Sanday nig tahont re; LW i uh Horand av Hiner y) her father wai but ta 1 got Holt of her Hur ClotbinK OM, Dut Her Loop rom tearing off her underg: tT remained Gl) ud the Dakine were A TOOM and placed a ivover FLOW Une Chius 0 Audpuiied. portion skirle prevented 1 Tents; we persevered, however, hearly ail ber clotlung was torn olf red, aod she t was caused Dy the ip e falling D {NG BOVE {hil th tou eONONY aad Over Ler clother; she agony anti) Monday hoon, wh died, and Kate Kor ke: Uved ani (be eveubid of sua gwuuidaye Wash Ale Log exnited © nyse na MF Hickey Were badly boroea iv attempting 10 ave We ware — JOHN A. J. IN THE CUORPL Unmasking Gen. Grant's al~What on the Floor of the House when the Job was Put Through—The Government Robb YNING SWINDL Washington Correaponitence of the Chuctanats Com A discussion and an exposure occurred in the Fuse vesterday that gave me great comort, Mr. Dawes. of the Com on Appropriations, called attention 0 a trand conecived by the | born in Congress, and blessed and baptized by the Post. master-Generah For tome time past all the Treasury pap-auck ers possessed of tyne and paper tirouzhont the country have been denouneing me as a paid libelier. sent here to maltun the Administration, I" invent stories of frauds and peculations, p nto the mouths of eminent mon, and with devilish tavlicnity teach the pensive public to doubt thew honored agents,” or words to that eflect, ‘ow, what have these miserable wretches to say this exposure unanimous Yoo ree iow authorizing the Postm ite a claim that his friendly action had sa- Hinfled thein was a fraud, than by passing @ vote of Waut of confidence more damaging than anything 1 had dared to write? ‘The Chorpenning claim may be an honest claim. We have an unlimited supply of both. Read the Glove of January 81 and soe what a cens- pool the House uncovered, and thea eome back at the undersigned if you can with any show of de- ceney. ‘The history of this affair is brief and easily uo- derstood, ‘This Chorpenning {s the surviving part ner of a firm that nndertook to carry tho mail from civilization, over the Plains, to certain poi On the Pacific coast, for four yoars ending in 1865. For these services the firm was to recelye some $26,000 a year. ‘The whole amount of the contract Lrice it would have been entitled to was $106,000. Subsequently this firm received $233,617 eatra al- lowance, on the ground of loss from the contract, it being greater than had been anticipates, firm failed in every particular to carry out ite contract with the Government, and. after two years’ service, were thrown over on ‘a notice agreed upon in (he contract that entitled it to @ month's pay in case the service Was discontinued. Since that time first the firm, and subsequently the surviving part ner, has been before the Government with a claim, based first on losses carrying out t contract, and secondly 6 f profits when de- 1 upon, some shape or ten years, aud rejected by Postimas Brown, Holt, Biair, Randall, and . together with Court of Claims, the ever, dec t had no jurisdiction partner, Mr. Chorpenning, bas been ‘at time in pressing his de- pon the ¢ nt. He came to bo at last a regniar lobbrist, and the Chorpenning claim took ahost of otter recognized chronic n the ‘Tressury, H ms to Lave on. halfa Mr. Cessna.of Pennsylvant New Jersey, distinguishea protec whose ideas of legislative morality bay What clouded by their questio pur favor of pig iron. In the last hours of the session that terminated in July last, Messrs, Cessna and Hill made a desperate push ‘for their client, the suffering mail contractor. They secured the passage of a joint res: olntion, authorizing the Postmaster: General to open up and settle the Upon the toor, at ine time tis thing was done, was Pastmuster-Goneral Cres. well, together with’ the more influential political agent of his departinent, Ido not mean to say that tucy aided in the pasauxe of this resolution (though the circumstances since deve.oped would make that probable), but T do say that the Postmaster ‘General Was on the floor at the timo this resolution passed, £0 seriously affecting his departinent, and must have known of the manner of its Vassage. In the confusion incident to Congress at all times, and neu pres euit in more especiaily in the Inst hours of the session, the resol lon ran through the House, was carried to pended there, returned and ailiimed nd signed by the President, ali with. in the spree of a day, Thia qacationabie transaotion was facilitat dt 1 Hill, one of Routes, ds of Mr ion passed. a Mr. Earle, for- partner of th master-General, and lately is agsistam ty 1 place in tue Department, and became We atlorney for the mail contract: Mr, Creswell, who had onee decided. 2 claim, seems, unc the iofluence of his former partner and Assistant Postmagter-General, to bave «one into the afar very complicentiy. Hbretofore 8 bern distinguisied by bis anxiely, expressed ail covceivabie occasions, to carry ‘on his de: artment With economy, SO as to make it self tawing, On this ocessicn we have nota word from hin, On the contrary, after he rendered bis decision granting this enormous sum to a stale ¢ in. stead of wailing for an he drew 4 inst the Gen Would have the lawyers, cnd put the hungry fel Hil And all, in possession of their ow tl last session cover Now, liere is pollutiun M Cessna ay tionists, who woh in € bussed at the hat not even other lure ray a word tu its de Mr. Hill tried to explain, making a lame that d but John Cessna it he debate, Nor I {a nor Congre or @ Administration, attempt to justify the Mr. Dawes, in Wis remarks, spob 7 a master-Generar’s eonda ely ver, he yn chat it is a viliadwous bi Wi around, = Mr h fii ¥, Was more vpea lu monsta tonly was the mai D thin cam service Mr, Creswell m for proiits en the two years he was deprived of taat service, at 4 lave been pod. Mr. ¢ cTimaney spcyred, it is said. amount, thal ba Rot D8 récover went, Pais, howeve Congress, by ost mated ue traaseesion Cesena and Hil ap stiv. mre nd Mr, Croswell $ Cavinet. Ty world be v p jo hais of the country, rile are Woed at my d of infamy hore, to take fact into cousideration and moderate their fone. Of course, this is not to be expected, bu their readers, nevertheless, appreciaio the situa ton. DE —— Killing a Rootmaker He Boots were not De "40 @ Man's Prom the dackson ( Mion In Fanniv, Rankin county, a man Cas male threats that should the boots not be tinieled nd faiied to HC bim and be done by 2 o click on ' t oruor colored man’ out, when took a dou hot uu und shot the shocmaker in try, but Casteei is ody in Brunion, and Wwe Fresh News of De. Livingstou Sir Koderick i at 4 Theartily rejoice 1 have thrs morning (the Zh) rec ' Dr. Kirk, wt Z aud the S'h ot (reat Arab Sheik dail of | Habea el Akbar, ¥ elect: After compl Teaehed, and. you 1 has biv he and th Mr supphion WHT reach L on destrayed by them or Lust Burl of Abeve nd reeeived t K i r Hey t : Wren ver 1 with kind s Presbyterians ‘unt Lady Aberdeen said that lay George leit home he read the elghty-fourth sya at mm prayer. The Abe iiausion is situated in the centre of a pirk of a thousand acres, beauuifuily laid out und 9 arrangod With every regard to comfort and luxury that 4 retined and ele Yet lor the jast few years ith row, ‘The father of Lad ut taste could desire been Louse Of Sor ni, Who was Pro ner before Lord Palmerston, died in 1860, and hor Husband io 164, In 1863 4 son Was accidentally killed at Cambridge, and a ye © Gordan Was drowned at sea, ‘Phere are 1,100 farm on the late, and the olber property of Whe family is iim menses yet, with all that is considered hecersiry (0 make 1if¢ happy at his disposal, the young lord cbos: to lorwnkeit end-lead therroving lie wmied (erm ated 4m bie demas CRESWELL'S INTEREST THE GREAT POSTAL FRAUD, | une SUNDEAMS. —The smallest internal-revenue-paying th Arkanse =There is acolored youth in Clase at Yale College —Prof. Silliman is le g at the W the Freshman ton “ TherTeaxctt =The next best thing to paying a pactore large salaty, 18 to pay iiimn his ervall one proms A hen killed at t a few days ago wag found to have fifteon dotiars in her wizzara One of Grisi’s deughters is said to hay vole and dramatic capacity equst to her mothers =The Adelphi, burned in i on Sunday Hight, was the Mth theatro fu that clty destroyo by fre At a recent Connecticut funeral, the care ges Jos: the way, Hot being.abie to keep up W.th tha ee —Mr. Sullivan, of Lockport, N. Y., introduced @ now fashion in suicide by cuttiog his throat with @ handeaw. —A Chinese thicf, having stolen a missiona « watch, prought it back the next day to be stony tow to wind it ap. —A yenr ago only three papers in Kk favored the admission of negro testimony in tue courtas Now only three oppose it, —Two Louisiana men have put their tigeae tares to 8 document, written by cne of thers, Sloe teas of Peaasce iret Wade. —The adult male population of Bristol, N. It with but four exceptions, aro reported to be * rjc tn & new-born hope tn Christ.” —The Chicago Zimes, announcing the fact that Aman there married to got out of Jail, remarks that jome chaps have ® queer iden of liver'y." —Ata recent wedding in Antrim, Me., adinim sion tickets @ Sold, and the andience in attend ance behaved much the same ag at acire: —A Pittsburgh journalist says itis very gaile ing " to see his city ranking with Detroit and M: kee and sich, which are littie better than viliages. —The Nevada legislators aro in trouble. Treasury te withont funds to pay their per diews, and they threaten to adjourn sine die in consequence Heinrich Heine said every woman wrote with one eye on her page except the Covutess I tucky The nd the other on some man— 0 Hal Who had but one eye —A tailor was startled the other day by t return of a bill which he #ent to a ma editors With a notice that the manuscript was respecttiy cilned. —A London paper expresses the belief thay ! Gambetta is a vietim of the of the aru —Mr. Brignoli, in attempting to say at the Nilsson concert in Indianapolis that Mile. Isom was suffering from @ cold, declared that she war @ * eotie horse." —Gen. Von Moltke is not a Dane, as has beem stated, He was born in Mecklenburg, and enserea the service of Denmark early iu iife, but afterward quitted It for that of Prussia, —On New Year's day the Pope had reigned tweniyforr years, six months, aud fifteen daysjosg one day longer than Pius VI. His pontificate has beay longer than that of any other Pope. —An eloquent divine of Sheboygan county, Wis, has wo aud wedded a female in the State Prisouy ‘and the local paper announces that “ the friends ot the bride were opposed to the alliance —The latest London invention is called “the Aigitoriom—e emall dumb piano." Lis said that by means of it pupils can learn to play on all instrumental keyed Like the plano, without making a noise. —Tho expenses of our wars with Indians since the beginning of the centary amonnt to more than $40,000,000, while the amount of money scot inate tempts to educate them has only been $5,000,000, —It is naiveiy said in a California telegram, off aman who detected and captured an Indian siealiog from his cabin, that he does not give a very connecte® account of what disposition he made of bis prisoner, —A committee of 150 ladies of North Attlee boro’, Mass., having tried ia vain to persuade tLe liquor dealers of the place to abandon their business bow threatens to substitute violence for perrussion —From careful experiments made by a physi« can of Lyons, it has been ascertaiued that the old re edy of warm water ts the best solvent of accumulated waz in the ear, being superior to olive oll, glycerme, jam habit, and that derteg m been removed from the a —A young Hoosier once suid *Sa!.is there anybedy courtin’ ya now?" replied, © Well, Sam, there t* low sorter ¢ and sorter not, Lut f reckon if 1s more sorter uot thaa —The British army is to be reorganized, and one of the rovorms will be the al of purchast ™ aud t officers. —A court in Mic tom of the systena ‘ommissions, by which only te rick the rich have b to become igan has decided that a phye warrnntor oF insurer of ac tied for the result me, and he it *. Mis only 8 remed c and duty is to treat the case With reasouabie 4 1 book of them very —A kiss, says a French authoress, gives mora pleasure than anything else in t Jeclates that (st woman the childish rapture of dese shding down t Hooks which world, Bot Puck videntiy never experienc ding the parlor stairs by pave been handled during res covery from foarlet fever should ve Burnod a:tef they. have sea ved thou puspose for the patient, In the staged of recoy ich books frequently become charged with the tie aise A small 1 recently went through the mis It is said that when diamonds are used in cutting hot glass in a glass factory WIN last for Hf the glass ve cold, one will last three hit Elags 18 cuit, however, more re than ¢ An Ohio photographer presented a revolver photograph, with the encouraging remark: * My repa tation ag an artist 18 at stake ndou't loo. swith Vi blow your braias out” HT 4 ghasity emi —Ira is the most pec 1 only in Verwon . world. It aingte Loyal # have bee ( e. This is wt ) ‘ Th ate Prof, Tick 2 richest t i exee ' \ { Ee M ‘ of 1 the t \ 1 i 1 atid he Was are . A Swiss wa + county, Tenn, 1 iJ twe years, the colon Oue “ondivion—ce ‘ 4 population « » ereasin Th re gra bet with evidene i o old and well settiod A Memphis father, vin balson their way to jail, A . ' (roms of the sehov| jowrned t , they it fewt for (heir chuldien and.t wr away, a a probability had not te father « ov we the sehooland removed tue ies, ta